Florida Public Radio Emergency Network

Tropical Storm Grace formed early Saturday morning and is poised to take a track that is similar to Tropical Storm Fred.

Residents of Central and North Florida are likely to see heavy rain, pockets of flash flooding, and a chance of isolated tornadoes Sunday into Monday.

The Florida Keys are under a tropical storm warning, and a tropical storm watch was issued from Englewood to Bonita Beach with Fred expected to pass near the greater Tampa Bay region on Sunday.

Tropical Depression Fred is expected to regain tropical storm strength by the time it approaches Southwest Florida Friday night, and a Tropical Storm Watch has been issued for the entire Florida Keys, and from Bonita Beach south to the Florida Bay.

Wind and surge impacts could vary greatly in some places depending on Fred's track, but the greatest hazard to most Floridians will be heavy rain and potential flooding.

The system became a tropical storm late Tuesday night and remains on a path that could bring it near the greater Tampa Bay region by Sunday morning.

Tropical storm warnings are in effect for Puerto Rico as Potential Tropical Cyclone 6 moves toward a possible pat h toward the Tampa Bay area by this weekend.

One of the potential developments is likely to be approaching Puerto Rico Tuesday, then the Florida Straits or Bahamas by week's end.

A largely quiet tropical Atlantic over the past three weeks may soon change in response to changes in the atmosphere over the global tropics.

Rainfall totals of 4-8 inches are possible along the Nature Coast to near Gainesville and to areas just north of the Interstate 4 corridor.

Higher rain amounts are possible anywhere in the state where storms are more persistent, with the Nature Coast favored for the locally higher rain totals.

Areas east of Tampa are under a Heat Advisory, meaning feels-like temperatures are expected to be between 110 and 115.